Organisation: East
African Development Bank (EADB)
African Development Bank (EADB)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Project
Appraisal Manager
Appraisal Manager
About EADB:
The East African Development
Bank (EADB) is an international development finance institution, whose mandate
is to promote the sustainable economic development of East Africans.
Shareholders of the EADB are Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, the African
Development Bank (AfDB), and other international financial institutions.
Bank (EADB) is an international development finance institution, whose mandate
is to promote the sustainable economic development of East Africans.
Shareholders of the EADB are Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, the African
Development Bank (AfDB), and other international financial institutions.
Job Summary: The East
African Development Bank (EADB) Principal/ Senior Investment Officer (Project
Appraisal) will be responsible for tracking, monitoring and processing of
client’s applications and ensuring that all projects meet specified criteria
and are expeditiously handled in line with the Bank’s Investment Policy and
Guidelines as amended from time to time.
African Development Bank (EADB) Principal/ Senior Investment Officer (Project
Appraisal) will be responsible for tracking, monitoring and processing of
client’s applications and ensuring that all projects meet specified criteria
and are expeditiously handled in line with the Bank’s Investment Policy and
Guidelines as amended from time to time.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Technically
support the development of appraisal guidelines and quality standards for
the operations function, specifically initiate amendment of project
appraisal processes to suit the changing business environment. - Direct
investment officers in analyzing financial projections, budgets, and in
the investment evaluation process. - Develop
portfolio standards and oversee their implementation. - Perform
detailed analysis of all project proposals, interrogate all appraisal
reports, examine adherence to governance requirements and other standards
set by the Bank and assess risk factors to ensure projects meet
institutional standards prior to submission to Credit Committee. - Gather
and analyze company financial statements, industry, regulatory and
economic information to determine viability of proposed investment
projects. - Prepare
reports for Credit Committee summarizing data, describing current and long
term investment risks, economic influences pertinent to proposed
investments and suitability of investment in view of the Bank’s standard. - Stay
abreast with market developments, new investment products and all other
areas that can affect the markets, e.g. movements in the East African
economies. - Develop
and maintain contacts to gain market information, research and analyzes
financial information to forecast business, industry, and economic
conditions, for use in making investment decisions. - Develop
comparative credit analysis of credit profiles of key players in the
Bank’s main client sectors. - Interpret
data concerning price, yield, stability, and future trends of investments
and disseminate the information to investment officers and management. - Support
the legal team in preparing investment covenants that will protect the
Bank’s interests at all times and ensure that the clients meet all their
obligation before handing over the projects to the project supervision
team for disbursement. - Perform
any other responsibilities assigned by Management.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
candidate should possess a good finance-related, engineering or other
numerate degree from a recognized university; - Professional
accounting or finance qualifications such as CPA, ACCA or CFA; - Relevant
Post graduate degree such as an MBA or Masters in Finance; - At
least seven years’ similar or relevant experience in a large commercial or
development bank, preferably engaged in long term funding or project
financing; of which three should be at middle management level; - Practical
experience in originating, appraising and implementing projects in a
number of sectors is required; - Ability
to structure, evaluate and close complex financial transactions using up
to date methods; - Possess
an excellent track record and substantive experience of successful
investment, appraisal, analysis and recommendations is required; - Possess
the ability to deal sensitively in multi-cultural environments and build
effective working relations; - Excellent
analytical and financial analysis skills and experience in using Financial
models; - Ability
to operate effectively across organizational boundaries and work as team
to meet strict timelines; - Past
experience of working with a large financial institution or multilateral
organization is required while International exposure is key; - High
level of integrity with a clean record of service; - Ability
to work independently and show professional judgment in carrying out
assigned tasks; and International exposure will be an added advantage. - Self-motivated,
flexible, mature and articulate in speech and presentation; - Excellent
analytical skills, problem identification and solving skills, attention to
detail; - Highly
innovative; - Business
acumen with proven successful projects; - Tact
, Diplomacy and Good networking skills; - Good
negotiation skills with the ability to interact with and influence high
level decision makers. - Customer
service orientation - Results-orientation
and dedicated to growing the Bank’s business in East Africa - Fluent
in English but working knowledge of Kiswahili will be an added advantage.
How to Apply:
If you are a national of one of
the EADB member states and your career aspirations match the aforementioned job
role, please send your application via email, quoting the position on the
subject of the email or cover letter. The
cover letter should specify your suitability for the position that you are
applying for and the detailed CV should highlight relevant experience, details
of current and expected salary, a day time phone contact, email address, and
the names and telephone contacts of three professional referees.
the EADB member states and your career aspirations match the aforementioned job
role, please send your application via email, quoting the position on the
subject of the email or cover letter. The
cover letter should specify your suitability for the position that you are
applying for and the detailed CV should highlight relevant experience, details
of current and expected salary, a day time phone contact, email address, and
the names and telephone contacts of three professional referees.
The applications should be
addressed to:.
addressed to:.
Adept Systems,
Management Consultants,
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO
00100
00100
Deadline: Wednesday 21 May 2014
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